Since the author of the pseudepigraphical book Jubilees evidently draws on 1 Enoch and the former dates to at least 170 B.C., Aramaic 1 Enoch must predate 170 B.C. The Greek version of 1 Enoch is older than the first century A.D. since it is quoted in the New Testament epistle of Jude (14, 15). The Greek text of 1 Enoch derives from several manuscript sources. Between them, the Chester Beatty papyrus (4th century) and the Akhmim papyrus (6th century) preserve approximately twenty-five percent of